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RamboLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:25 PM
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Iraqi PM says Iran attacks U.S. forces in his country
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/01/31/iraq.main/index.html

Iraq's prime minister says Iran is targeting U.S. forces in his country and he wants it to stop.

"We will not accept Iran to use Iraq to attack the American forces, but does this not exist? It exists, and I assure you it exists," Nuri al-Maliki said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with CNN.

Al-Maliki said he doesn't want Iraq to be the site for a proxy war between Iran and the United States.

"We have told the Iranians and the Americans, 'We know that you have a problem with each other, but we are asking you, please solve your problems outside Iraq,' " he told CNN. "We don't want the American forces to take Iraq as a field to attack Iran or Syria."

Iranian-U.S. tensions have been ratcheted up recently, with two U.S. officials theorizing about the possibility that Iran was involved in a January 20 attack that killed five U.S. soldiers.
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allskinners Donating Member (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:31 PM
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1. This is all a buildup
for Bush to go into Iran like he's been begging to lately. I give it 3-6 months before it happens if he isn't stopped.
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sinkingfeeling Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:33 PM
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2. There's where another $million in taxpayers' money went. To pay off Maliki!
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sabra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:35 PM
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3. key Part: Maliki is asking Iran and the US leave Iraq alone!
<snip>

Al-Maliki said he doesn't want Iraq to be the site for a proxy war between Iran and the United States.

"We have told the Iranians and the Americans, 'We know that you have a problem with each other, but we are asking you, please solve your problems outside Iraq,' " he told CNN. "We don't want the American forces to take Iraq as a field to attack Iran or Syria."

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Seabiscuit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 12:36 PM
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4. But... but... but... the gist of the PNAC agenda was for the U.S. to use Iraq
as a staging ground for attacks on Iran and Syria!
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mazzarro Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 04:37 PM
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5. The heading of this post is deceptive - IMO
Influencing attacks on U.S. forces is not same as attacking U.S. forces. Also your heading is kind of provocative and it differs from the caption of the article you linked to.
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 04:42 PM
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6. Were Cheney's lips moving when Al-Maliki said this?
:eyes:
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Megahurtz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-31-07 04:49 PM
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7. I wonder How Much HE Got Bribed to say this.
Part of Jr.'s plan:

Pump out non-stop lies and Propaganda and falsely get the American Public all riled up
over another Country that's just sitting there minding their own business.

Terra! Terra!

BULLSHIT!

BULLSHIT!


WHEN I ask, are we going to IMPEACH the Evil Duo???
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